Out-of-pocket spending under Medicare

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- On average, people with Medicare coverage paid $38,688 for medical care in the last five years of life.
- There was enormous variation, with 25 percent of participants spending an average $101,791 out-of-pocket for medical services and 25 percent spending an average $5,163 during this period.
- One-quarter of older adults incurred out-of-pocket medical expenses that exceeded the total value of their assets during this five-year period. Forty-three percent of older adults incurred expenses that exceeded their assets, excluding the value of their homes.
- People with Alzheimer’s disease spent more than those with any other type of illness — an average $66,155 during the last five years of life, compared with average spending of $32,129 for cancer, $37,996 for cardiovascular disease and $38,517 for diabetes.
- Long-term care expenses (nursing home, assisted living), which aren’t covered by Medicare, much to many families’ deep surprise, were the No. 1 category of out-of-pocket spending, followed by home health care.

Когда дойдет очередь до нас будет раза в два больше, наверное.

Где бы взять другой глобус?

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п.с. оно, конечно, всегда росло (в смысле быстрее остальной инфляции), и сейчас растет,
и возможно, и дальше будет, но ведь не бесконечно же?
уже шестую часть ВВП на медицину тратим , вряд ли намного больше может вырости
(хотя, конечно, Обама постарался, я думал, дороже медицину трудно придумать, чем наша получастная-полугосударственная, но он умудрился...)